How can we help?

We’re here to help you use the library and conduct your literature research!

If you have specific questions about your literature research or reference management, or if you have detailed questions on finding literature for your thesis please send us an email up front. This will help us to coordinate our support:

wiwi-information.wiso"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Library Card, Services, Borrowing Policies, Locations of Books and Journals

We are happy to assist you at the Service Desk with information on:

Using the research computers to conduct literature research and to locate books in the library
Locating books and areas in the library
Checking out books, library account, loan periods, renewals, holdings, fees)
Using in-library services (discussion rooms, Library of Things, printers)

Please feel free to ask us!

Structured literature searches for a specific topic, database searches, access to electronic full texts, document and delivery services

Please email us for getting individual support.

wiwi-information.wiso"AT"uni-hamburg.de

assist with conducting literature searches
provide an overview of relevant subject-specific catalogs and databases for your topic
help getting access to and using electronic full-text resources (e-books, electronic journals)
help questing books and articles through the UHH library system and beyond

In-depth structured literature searches (thesis)

Schedule a one-on-one consultation to develop your search strategy and identify the databases relevant to your research topic. Get personalized tips for your literature search. This service is primarily available to members of the University of Hamburg.

Please schedule an appointment with us:

Indicate the topic you would like to research, how we can assist you, and your preferred dates
Send an email to: wiwi-information.wiso@uni-hamburg.de
or contact the staff members for your subject area directly:
- Business administration, social economy, economics: Dr. Sabine Rauchmann
- Social sciences: Ute Lehmann